Twine-machine.



J. GOOD, DEGD.

J. E. Gool), A'DIINIBTBATMX. TWINE MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED un 19. 1906.

902,81 3. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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w' WM J. GOUD, DEGD.

J. E. GOUD, ADMINISTBATRIX,

TWINB MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1906.

'902,81 3. Patented Nov. 3, 190s.

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J'. GOUD, DEC'D.

J. E. noon, ADMINISTBATRIX.

TWINE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION" FILED un 19,1906.

902,813. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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J'. E. GOOD, ADMIHISTRATEIX.

TWINE MACHINE.

3. APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 19, 1906. Patented Nov. 3

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UNITED s'riirnsA PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; JULIA E. GOOD ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID JOHNGOOD,

DECEASEDA TWINE-MAUHNEf Specification of Let ters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1900.

Application tiled May 19, 1906. Serial No. 317,677.

To all whom it mafy concern.'

Be it known thatI, JOHN Goor, a citizen ofthe United States, andresident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York,have inventednew and useful Improvements in 'Divine-Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide certain improvements inthe con struction, forni and arrangement of the several parts of a twinemachine whereby a very com act and efficient machine is provided for pro`i-icing twine in a. consecutive series of operations from the bale tothe bobhin.

A further ob'ect is to rovide a mechanism in which the c okin o thefiber in the nippers will automatica ly slow up the different mechanismsas required.

In the accom an ing drawings, Figure 1 is the left handpsidh view of themachine, Fig; 2 is the right hund side view of the inachine, Fig. 3 isthe vertical longitudinal secand sprocket driving connection 5 i tionthrough the machine, Fig.- 4cis a top plan view, Fig. 4 is a detail viewshowing one pawl andV ratchet drive connection in the friction brakemechanism, Fig. 4" isa detail view showing the other pawl and ratchetdrive connection in the friction brake mechanism, Fig. 4 is a detailsectlon on an enlarged lscale of a portion of the friction brakemechanism, Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section throu h the liquidcontaining vessel of the iiier,` ig. 6 is a detail horizontal Sectionthroughv the flier in another plane, Fig. 7 is a detail side view of oneof the liackling cylinders, Fig. 8 is a transverse central section'through the same, and Fig. 9 is a face view of one of the pair ofstationary box cams for controlling the movements of the gillV ins.

The framing of the machine is enoted by 1 AThe main drive shaft isdenoted by 2,'

which shaft is rovided with a pulley 3 around which a elt 4 plasses forimparting a rotary movement to t e shaft 2 at the desii-'ed speed fromany suitable source of power, not shown herein. This shaft 2 has e.chain 6, and 7, with a cross shaft 8. This cross s iiift 8 has a beltand pulley driving connection 9, 10, 11 with the shaft 12 of the nipperroll 13.

A funnel uido 14 is arran ed in position to direct thc ber from the gilins 15 of the upper one of three hackling cy nders 16, 17, 18,'betweenthe nipper roll 13 and the nipper roll 19, which latter roll is mountedin a is provided with a sliding sleeve 28 having a l feather and grooveconnection therewith, said sleeve 23 having a spur ear 29 which mesheswith a spur gear .'30 fixe( to the flier 23.

The vertically reciprocating movement 0f the flier is imparted to itfrom the shaft 2 through a worm and gear connection 31, 32, with" thecross threaded reverse 'screw 33 which carries the traverse nut 34,which traverse nut has an arm 35 engaged with the flier 23.`

The rotary movement of the spindle 22 is retarded by providing it withvenes 36 located in a vessel 37 at the base of thel spindle and flier,which vessel is arranged to contain' a li uid in which the venes areimmersed.

T ie rolls for feeding the fiber into the ma.-

The flier 23 is rotated from the chine are denoted by 38, 39, the roll38 being driven by a flexible driving connection an pulleys 40, 41, 42,from the shaft 43 of one of a pair of crinipin rolls 44, 45, interposedbotween the hack ing cylinders 17 and 18. The fiber as it leaves thefeeding rolls 38 39, passes around an idler reel 46 and rom thence upthrou h. a funnel guide 47 into enagement with t e will ins 15 on thehacking cylinder 18. T ie iiber as it leaves the hacklirig Acylinder 18passes through the crimping rolls 44, 45, and from thence throu h afunnel guide 48 intoV engagement with t e gill pins 15 on the hacklingcylinder 17. From the hackling c vlinder 17 the fiber is fed directly tothe gil pins 15 on the hackling cylinder 16.

The shaft 43 of the crimping roll 44 isdriven from the shaft 49 ofthefriction brake mechanism through a flexible connection 50 and pulleys51, 52.

The shaft 53 of the hackling c lincler 16 is driven from the shaft '49throu and sprocket Wheels 55, 56.. T e shaft 57 of the hackling cylinder17 is driven from th shaft 53 of thc hackling cylinder 16v througlh achain 58, sprocket wheels 59, 60, on t e shafts 53 57, and an idlersprocket 6-1 on a.

rStud Shaft c2.

The shaft 63 of the hackling cylnder'lS is driven from the shaft 53 ofthe hacklm'gcy-l` a, chain 54 wheels 36, 87.

This brake hand 88 is operated l y the choli- Wnrdly into engggementwith onel arm 93 o a indcr 10 through a flexible connection 64 and lpulleys (35, (iti,

The conc member of the friction brake ineclnn'iisni is denoted by 67,and the cup ineinber by (i8. The shaft 60 of the friction brake isdriven through a flexible connection 7() and pulleys 7]. 72, from thccross shalt 8i 'l`hc shaft 00 of tho Yfriction brake is also arranged todri re thc intermediate shaft 3 of the friction broke mechanism througha chain 74 and sprocket wheels 75, 76, the .sprocket wheel 71') having apawl und riitchetconnection 77, 78, with the intermediate shaft 73,

'lhe cup member 68 of the friction brake hns u drivinpr connection of adille-ront speed with the shaft 73 through a chain 80. sprocket wheels81, 8;', the sprocket wheel having;- u pawl and ratchetdrivingconnection 825, 84, with the shaft 73. This intermediate shaft 73 luis adrivin connection with the shaft 49 through a c ain 85 and'sproclretUnder ordinary circumstances the intermediate shaft 73 is driven fromthe shalt 69, through the cup member GS, sprocket wheel 81, 82, andsprocket chain 80.

A brake hund 88 encircles the cup menihcr 68 of the friction brake,which brake band, when set, will stop the rotation of the cup member 68thus causing the shaft 73 to be driven through the chain 74 from theshaft 69 In this case the ratchet 84 will travel around freely beneathits pewl. 83.

ing of the `fiber between the nipper rolls 13 and 19 as follows:--As theswingingl bearing," 20 is moved upwardly by the nippel' .roll 1) beingforced away from the nippor :ind roll 153 by the choking of the fiberbetween the two, the bearing 20 will lift a cross arm 89, the free endof which cross arm is attached to a flexible connection 90 which passesaround idler pulleys 91, 92, and from thence u two armed roc ing leverpivoted et 94, the other arm of Which'levcr is attached to the free endof the brake band 88.

An annular series of froups of gill wins 15 is provided forx each of tie hackling,r cy inders, which gill pins are brought into and out ofengagement with the ber at the proper times as followsz-Each hacklingcylinder has annular series of radiali elongated slots 96, 97, in itsend walls in w iich slots the ill pin bars 98 are fitted to slideradially.` he gill pins 15 are fitted to slide radially through holes 99in the periphery of the cylinder.

Stationary box cams 100, 101, are fixed to the framework adjacent to theends of the cylinder, which box cams have corresponding groove 102, 103,in their inner faces, in' which grooves the ends of the gill pin bars 98are located. The shape of these cam grooves is such. that the pins olieach cylinder will be moved outwardly into engagement with the fiber andthen inovcd inwardly out of engagcinent with the sinne ut predeterminedpoints in tllo rotations ol' the several cylin* ders.

lt is to be undcrslood that the dillcrent driving connections betweenthe .several parts need not necessarily be in thc forni shown anddescribed herein but may bc olI any woll known end approved fornicapable of transmitting?r motion l'roni one part to unother.`

lt will bc econ that u twine nnichine construclcd, arrznigcd :indoperated as heroinuhove doscribeih occupies an ox troincly limitedllo'oring splice compari-d with the rcsults accomplished, viz, thefeeding,` ol the liber from thiy hule into the noirhine, the combing ontol tbe suino, the twiritilig;l oll the twine und lhe n hidingl ol' thetwine onto the bnbbin. ll will :ilse be. seen that a uniform thicknessof twine is insured for the reason that when any undue amount ol liberis heini,r fed to the nipper rolls, the speed ol' the sev eralmechanisms will be automatically rcdiir'ed until the amount of liberbeing' fed to the nippcr rolls is brought out 1o a predetermined amount,

W'hat I claim is;--

l.` A twine machine comprising?r a main drivingI shaft, a spindle andllier mechanism driven therefrom, a cross shaft, a nippeil meclninisinand a friction brake mechanism both driven from .said cross shaft,hackling cylinders and ber feeding nieans therefor both driven from thefriction brake mechanism, the said friction brake mechanism being underthe control of thc nippcr inecl'ianisn'i whereby the speed of theseveral mechanisms will be automatically reduced when an undue amount offiber is fed to the Dipper mechanisin.

2. A twine machine com rising' a main driving Shaft, a spindle and iermechanism driven therefrom, a cross shaft, a nipper mechanism and afriction brake mechanism both driven from said cross shaft, hacklingcylinders and crimping, rolls both driven from the friction brake`mechanism, fiber feeding means driven from the crimping rolls, saidfriction brake mechanism belng under the control of the nippel mechanismwhereby thc speed of thescveral mechanisms will be automatically reducedwhen anundue amount of fiber 1s fed te the nipper mechanism.

In testimony, that l claim Athe foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in resence oftwo witnesses, this 17th day of li/Iay 1906.. i

JOHN GOD.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, C. S. SUNDGREN.

